title: Mechanisms of injury and prognosis in finger pulling--a retrospective study.
abstract: Eighteen patients were treated for finger pulling injuries between 1977 and 1986. There were two main types of injury, subcutaneous rupture of the flexor profundus tendon (n = 15) and fracture of the proximal phalanx of the finger (n = 3). Their mechanisms of injury were different. The prognosis in tendon ruptures is comparable to that in other open flexor tendon injuries. Age and distal localization were associated with a poorer prognosis in younger patients. Fractures healed well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Liss
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: af Ekenstam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery